OSHA To The Mask Rescue? We have written and spoken ad nauseam about how the mask requirements by all governments in the US are unconstitutional. We have also warned that companies who require masks open themselves to Worker's Compensation claims and lawsuits for harm caused by their orders for continual mask wearing. Many workers are now regularly complaining about brain fog, nasal and respiratory problems, as well as facial dermatological problems stemming from continual mask use. Now, there is a new and constitutionally suggested means of ending the tyranny. Different branches and levels of government are supposed to protect us from others which overreach. Numerous demonstrations have been provided on social media which demonstrate that the confined airspace within the mask is toxic, by OSHA standards. The attached video shows our own Constitutional Grounds correspondent demonstrating this very thing. You will notice that the ambient air contains 20.5% oxygen. The vacuum sound you will hear is the monitor sucking in air for sampling. After sampling the air within the mask its alarm goes off with a level of only 18.5% within seconds. The minimum allowed oxygen level in the air for any confined space is 19.5%. OSHA has been clear that anything below this oxygen percentage is hazardous. From a 2007 letter on the OSHA website this is stated, "Paragraph (d)(2)(iii) of the Respiratory Protection Standard considers any atmosphere with an oxygen level below 19.5 percent to be oxygen-deficient and immediately dangerous to life or health. To ensure that employees have a reliable source of air with an oxygen content of at least 19.5 percent, paragraphs (d)(2)(i)(A) and (d)(2)(i)(B) of the Respiratory Protection Standard require employers working under oxygen-deficient conditions to provide their employees with a self-contained breathing apparatus or a combination full-facepiece pressure-demand supplied-air respirator with auxiliary self-contained air supply. In the preamble to the final Respiratory Protection Standard, OSHA discussed extensively its rationale for requiring that employees breathe air consisting of at least 19.5 percent oxygen. The following excerpt, taken from the preamble, explains the basis for this requirement: 'Human beings must breathe oxygen . . . to survive, and begin to suffer adverse health effects when the oxygen level of their breathing air drops below [19.5 percent oxygen]. Below 19.5 percent oxygen . . . , air is considered oxygen-deficient. At concentrations of 16 to 19.5 percent, workers engaged in any form of exertion can rapidly become symptomatic as their tissues fail to obtain the oxygen necessary to function properly (Rom, W., Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 2nd ed.; Little, Brown; Boston, 1992). Increased breathing rates, accelerated heartbeat, and impaired thinking or coordination occur more quickly in an oxygen-deficient environment. Even a momentary loss of coordination may be devastating to a worker if it occurs while the worker is performing a potentially dangerous activity, such as climbing a ladder. Concentrations of 12 to 16 percent oxygen cause tachypnea (increased breathing rates), tachycardia (accelerated heartbeat), and impaired attention, thinking, and coordination (e.g., Ex. 25-4), even in people who are resting. At oxygen levels of 10 to 14 percent, faulty judgment, intermittent respiration, and exhaustion can be expected even with minimal exertion (Exs. 25-4 and 150). Breathing air containing 6 to 10 percent oxygen results in nausea, vomiting, lethargic movements, and perhaps unconsciousness. Breathing air containing less than 6 percent oxygen produces convulsions, then apnea (cessation of breathing), followed by cardiac standstill. These symptoms occur immediately. Even if a worker survives the hypoxic insult, organs may show evidence of hypoxic damage, which may be irreversible (Exs. 25-4 and 150; also reported in Rom, W. [see reference in previous paragraph]).'" This is sufficient cause to force OSHA to enforce their regulations. Why has OSHA not yet acted? Perhaps it is that they do not have a sufficient number of reports to force their hand. Who will call OSHA? If you need, you may call as a whistle blower. Their phone number is 800-321-6742 (OSHA). They will probably refer you to your regional office. Please let us know your successes and/or failures so that we can all work to get this department to fulfill its mission.
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